RUBIN Uzi, President, Rubicon Defense Consulting, Director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization (1991-1999), Israel
Uzi Rubin
founded and was the first Director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization
in the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD), in which capacity he was launched and
managed the nationwide effort to develop, produce and deploy Israel's Arrow missile defense
system. In this capacity he led the Arrow program from its inception in 1991 to
the first delivery of operational missiles in 1999. He received his ME in
Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1969 and
subsequently directed large missile programs in Israel Aerospace Industries and
the Israel MOD. In 1990 he was a visiting scholar in the Center for International
Security and Arms Control of Stanford University where he co-directed a major
study on missile proliferation. Between 1999 and 2001 he was the Senior
Director for Proliferation and Technology in the Israel National Security
Council. He is a twice winner of the Israel Defense Prize in 1996 and 2003. In 2000 he won the
MDA David Israel Prize for achievements in missile defense. Uzi Rubin has
retired from Israel's MOD at the end of 2002 and has since been heading his own
defense consultancy, Rubincon Ltd. providing consulting services in military
technology to the Israel Ministry of Defense and Israel's leading defense
contractors. He publishes frequently in the professional and international
media on space and missile defense topics.
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